The Rivers Restaurant and Bar in Gisborne Menu

STARTERS & SNACKS STARTERS & SNACKS
  • Garlic Toasted Ciabatta $6.00
  • Garlic & Cheese Toasted Ciabatta $7.00 add Bacon $8.00
  • Bread Basket (2-3 people) $13.00
    • Selection of bread, served warm with parsley butter, virgin olive oil and balsamic reduction.
  • Cobb Loaf (1-3 people) $15.00
    • Remember the 70’s . . . creamy bacon, spinach and cheese dip inside a warm cobb loaf.
  • Bowl of Fries $7.00
    • With aioli & tomato sauce.
  • Bowl of Kumara Chips $7.00
    • Served with aioli & garlic butter.
  • Drunken Onion Rings (6 rings / 12 rings) $6.00 / $12.00
    • With our special crisp Guinness batter, served with aioli.
  • Wedges $8.50
    • Seasoned and served with sour cream.
  • Wedges Works $13.50 half size $9.00
    • Served with tasty plum sauce, melted cheese, bacon, guacamole, salsa & sour cream.
  • Nachos $13.50 half size $10.50
    • Served with our own Mexican mince, melted cheese, guacamole, salsa & sour cream.
  • The Rivers “Crate” (2-3 people) $26.00
    • The perfect snack with your favourite drink. 6 each of the following: Drunken onion rings, popcorn shrimp, panko crumbed fish goujons, 100% meatballs. Served with a selection of dipping sauces.
  • Prawn Cocktail $13.00
    • Large tiger prawns on shredded lettuce with our own special dressing.
  • Pub Wings (8 wings / 12 wings) $10.50 / $16.00
    • Tasty glazed buffalo wings served with blue cheese and ranch dip.
SOUP, BURGERS & SANDWICHES SOUP, BURGERS & SANDWICHES
  • Rivers Seafood Chowder $16.00
    • Thick, and filled with coastal seafood served with garlic ciabatta.
  • Soup of the day $11.00
    • Served with garlic ciabatta. Please see Specials Board for today’s brew.
  • The Rivers Burger $15.50
    • Prime beef patty, bacon, cheese & salad greens, served on freshly toasted bun served with chunky fries.
  • Rivers Steak Sandwich $15.50
    • Generous portion of prime scotch fillet caught between our freshly toasted ciabatta, garden salad, caramelised onion, tasty dressing served with chunky fries.
  • Rivers Chicken Sandwich $15.50
    • Generous portion tender chicken breast caught between our freshly toasted ciabatta, garden salad, guacamole, tasty dressing served with chunky fries.
  • R.B.L.A.T. $15.50
    • Rivers bacon, lettuce, avocado & tomato, on toasted ciabatta, salad & aioli and guacamole.
LIGHT MEALS LIGHT MEALS
  • Rivers Homemade Quiche $15.00
    • Served with salad and fries (check Specials Board for today’s bake).
  • Minute Steak $18.00
    • Served with your choice of 2 of the following sides: Chunky fries / Mash / Garden salad / Fresh sautéed vegetables. Top it off with your choice of: Garlic butter / Pepper / Mushroom sauce
  • Vegetarian Fritters $13.00
    • Mixture of fresh vegetables bound together into patties, and served on a fresh salad.
  • Fresh Button Mushrooms $13.00
    • Crumbed and baked, served on a garden salad drizzled with aioli.
SALADS SALADS
  • Prawn Salad $20.00
    • Large shelled tiger prawns nestled with avocado, garden salad and our special dressing.
  • Chicken Caesar Salad $18.00
    • Sliced chicken breast served on lettuce, parmesan shavings & boiled eggs.
  • Greek Salad $14.00
    • Iceberg Lettuce, feta cheese, kalamata olives, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers with our balsamic vinaigrette.
  • Warm Chicken & Bacon Salad $20.00
    • Chicken breast, bacon, spinach and apple settled on a garden salad with aioli.
  • Warm Scallop, Prawn & Bacon Salad $20.00
    • Seared scallops and prawns seared with bacon settled on fresh garden salad topped with aioli.
  • Warm Beef, Blue Cheese and Walnut Salad $20.00
    • Seared beef tossed through a crisp salad with blue cheese, walnuts and roasted beetroot.
FRESH MARKET FISH FRESH MARKET FISH
  • Fresh Market Fish $28.00
    • Check what today’s catch is . . . and have it: Pan Fried / Crumbed / Beer Battered. Served with your choice of two sides: Chunky Fries / Garden Salad / Scallop Potato / Sautéed Vegetables / Creamy Mash Potato. Check the Specials Board for today’s special catch.
MAINS MAINS
  • Rivers Famous, Guinness Pie $17.00
    • Served with creamy mash potato . . . peas and gravy, what can you say.
  • Rivers Mixed Grill $22.00
    • Minute steak, jumbo sausage, bacon, hash brown, 2 eggs, grilled tomato topped with mushrooms and onions.
  • Garlic King Prawns $24.00
    • A Rivers special . . . king prawns gently sautéed in a creamy garlic sauce with rice.
  • Rivers Pasta $18.00
    • Chicken, bacon and mushrooms combined in a creamy white wine sauce with parmesan cheese.
  • Chicken Calypso $20.00
    • Tender chicken breast coated in golden crumbs, baked, topped with a tangy mango sauce, fries and salad.
  • Bangers & Mash $17.00
    • Chunky sausages on creamy mash, peas and onion gravy.
  • Lamb Rump $30.00
    • Baked honey glazed lamb rump served on kumara mash with garden vegetables and a port and red currant reduction.
PRIME STEAK PRIME STEAK
  • Scotch Fillet $28.00
    • Served with your choice of two sides: Chunky Fries / Scalloped Potato / Garden Salad / Fresh Sautéed Vegetables / Creamy Mash. Top it off with your choice of: Mushroom Sauce / Garlic Butter / Green Pepper Sauce (sauces available with all steaks)
  • 450 gram T-Bone $33.00
    • Served with sautéed mushrooms and onions, chunky fries and a garden salad.
  • Surf ‘n’ Turf $33.00
    • Oldie but a Goodie, scotch fillet steak topped with our creamy garlic prawns served with a garden salad & fries.
  • Sizzling 400g Sirloin $33.00
    • Bought to you on a sizzling platter, topped with Guinness battered onion rings, served with salad and fries and a tub of garlic butter.
SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA SOMETHING A LITTLE EXTRA
  • Drunken Onion Rings (6) $6.00
  • Side of Chips $4.00
  • Chunky Fries $3.50
  • Wedges & Sour Cream $4.50
  • Fried Egg $1.50
  • Sautéed Veges $5.00
  • Sautéed Mushrooms $5.50
  • Garden Salad $4.50
  • Scallop Potato $4.50
  • Creamy Mash Potato $4.00
  • Sour Cream, Guacamole, Aioli, Tomato Sauce $1.50
PLATTERS PLATTERS
  • Deep Fried Goodness Platter $20.00
    • Wontons, spring rolls, samosas, chicken tenders, meatballs, served up with crispy wedges and dipping sauces.
  • Seafood Platter $22.00
    • Deep fried selection of fresh fish goujons, battered mussels, crab sticks, squid rings, prawn cutlets, scallops and salt ‘n’ pepper squid, served up with chunky fries and dipping sauces.
  • The Rivers Platter (2 people) $36.00
    • Seared chorizo sausage, deli meats, chicken kebabs, local cheeses, crumbed mushrooms, olives, pickles, relish, crackers, and selection of bread.
  • The Delight $40.00
    • A selection of hot and cold seafood: Panko crumbed fish goujons, whole tiger prawns, smoked salmon, marinated fish, mussels, scallop and prawn, kebabs, baked salmon fillet, clams (due to availability some items may change).
  • Rivers Cheese Board $20.00
    • Fragrant blue cheese, reserve camembert, aged cheddar, served with fresh fruit and crackers.
FOR THE CHILDREN FOR THE CHILDREN
  • Rivers Crumbed Chicken Tenders $10.00
    • With fries and small salad.
  • Fresh Fish Crumbed Goujons $10.00
    • With fries and small salad.
  • Lil One’s Hamburger $10.00
    • Bun, cheese, pattie and sauce served with fries.
  • Bang Bang Mash & Peas $10.00
    • Chunky sausage with tomato sauce.
  • Kid’s Pasta $10.00
    • Bacon, chicken and cheese with a creamy base.
  • Rivers Mini Hawaiian Pizza $10.00
    • Served with salad & fries.
  • Mini Hotdogs with chips $10.00
  • Kids Platter (2-3 children) $23.00
    • Garlic bread, chicken tenders, mini hotdogs, crumbed fish, mini pizza, wedges, chips and lashings of sauce.
  • Milkshakes $5.50
    • Chocolate, Vanilla, Banana or Strawberry.
  • Spiders $5.50
    • Coke, Raspberry or Lemonade.
  • Traffic Lights $5.50
    • Orange juice with lemonade base.

Nearby Sample Menus

  • Chicken tikka masala $16.90
    • Succulent Tandoori chicken morsels cooked in a spicy gravy with green peppers
  • This lunch is available between 10.00am and 2.30pm
  • Mix veg $13.90
    • Seasonal vegetables cooked with onion & ginger gravy
  • Punjabi chicken $16.90
    • Cooked with tomatoes, coriander powder and cumin powder in a rich onion gravy
  • Basmati rice $5.00
  • Karaihi beef masal $16.90
    • Beef cooked in a wok with a spicy blend of masala
  • Vegetable korma $9.90
  • Palak prawn $19.90
    • Prawns cooked with spinach, tomatoes, onions, garlic & spices
  • Duck Liver Pâté $18.00
    • First Press merlot, brioché
  • Tarakihi Tacos $19.00
    • Red cabbage, chipotle & salsa verde
  • French Fries $8.00
  • Marlborough Sounds Salmon (GF) $32.00
    • Sweetcorn, citrus & creme fraiche
  • Market Fish $P.O.A
    • Gnocchi, lemon, sorrel, burnt butter, seaweed
  • Beetroot Cured Salmon(GF) $18.00
    • Beetroot, yoghurt, hazelnuts
  • Served Daily 11:30Am To 2:30Pm
  • Peanut Butter Parfait (GF) $16.00
    • Chocolate, caramel, brittle
  • Fried Eggs (2) $3.00
  • Fish & Chip's** $19.00
    • Golden fried dory with salad, chips and tartare sauce
  • - Nacho mince
  • Chicken Hawaiian $24.00
    • Grilled chicken breast topped with pineapple and tomato salsa, and melted cheese with salad and turmeric favoured rice.
  • Add Topping
  • Tempura Onion Rings (v) $8.00
    • With aioli dipping sauce.
  • Chicken Satay Kebabs $24.00
    • Grilled chicken skewers on turmeric rice w ith salad and satay sauce.
  • Double the shank $12.00
  • Green Salad $3.00
  • Fish Madras $18.50
    • Delicious medium curry garnished and prepared in coconut ,South Indian style
  • Lamb Saagwala $16.50
    • A very famous Lamb Curry. Finished in a perfect harmony of pureed spinach lightly spiced with fenugreek
  • Peshawari Naan $4.00
    • Sweet style bread, filled with Almonds, Coconut & Raisins
  • Vegetable Biryani $16.99
    • Vegetables cooked with basmati rice along with yoghurt and blended of spices with Hyderabadi style
  • Chicken Balti $16.50
    • Succulent chicken pieces in a medium spicy sauce with green pepper and tomatoes
  • Paneer Khulcha $4.00
    • Filled with homemade cottage cheese
  • Raita Mixed Pickle $3.00
  • or with Salmon $15.00
  • Breakfast Bap $16.00
    • Bacon, Egg, Sausage & Hashbrown in a toasted Bap & Tomato Chutney. >>
  • Zest Mini Breakfast $18.00
    • Bacon, Sausage, Tomato & fried Eggs on Wholegrain Toast. >>
  • Pancakes served with Bacon, fresh Banana, Maple and Berry Coulis. $16.50
  • Eggs Benedict $16.50
    • Bacon, or Salmon on a toasted English Muffin, wilted Spinach & a Zesty Hollandaise. >>
  • Omelette $18.00
    • choice of 3 fillings. >>
  • Creamy Mushrooms & fresh Thyme on Wholegrain Toast. $16.50
  • Vege Breakfast $17.50
    • Potato Cakes on a bed of fresh Rocket & Poached Eggs & Zesty Hollandaise. >>
  • Chinese 5 Spice Smoked Duck Breast $18.00
    • Pickled vegetables, sweet & sour sauce
  • Fresh Strawberry Gateau $15.00
    • Mascarpone creme, strawberry sorbet
  • Affogato $15.00
    • Tea, coffee or hot chocolate, liquer, homemade ice cream
  • Entree Special Price Varies
    • Something great from the chefs!
  • Main Special $25.00
  • Cheese Plate
    • Served with homemade bread & quince paste
  • - 2 courses $28.00
  • Chef Special $15.00
  • Feta Olive & Pesto Pasta Salad
  • Roasted Rosemary Potatoes
  • Mixed Salad
  • Hot Roast Beef, Mustard & Gravy
  • Mixed Cold Seafood Platter
  • Battered Fish Pieces
  • Feta Olive & Pesto Pasta Salad
  • Fruit Salad
  • Teriyaki chicken & tuna mayo $3.20
  • Karaage chicken mayo $3.20
  • Inari sushi $2.60
    • Small pack / large pack (2 piece / 3 piece)
  • Smoked salmon & creamed cheese S$7.3/L$10.2
  • Wakame salad(seaweed salad) $5.50
  • Teriyaki salmon $14.50
  • Fisherman’s combination S$7.3/L$10.2
  • Teriyaki chicken $11.10
  • -Seafood Chowder & warm bun
  • -Fish, Fries & salad
  • -Garlic Prawn Kebabs, salad & fries
  • -Battered mussels, fries & salad
  • -Prawn Twisters, fries, aioli / sweet chili sauce
  • Crumbed Calamari, salad & fries
  • -Fish, Fries & eggs
  • -Battered pacific oysters, fries & salad
  • Organic muesli $13.00
    • with LSA, greek yoghurt,poached rhubarb & chia pudding
  • Creme brulee with poached fruit. $13.00
  • Avocado and goats feta $12.00
    • with lemon & olive oil.
  • Homemade bagels $13.00
    • with smoked salmon,cream cheese,lemon & rocket.
  • Buckwheat pancakes $18.00
    • with poached pear,blueberry,coconut yoghurt & honey.
  • Rancheros eggs $19.00
    • in tomato ,refried beans ,capsicum,chorizo & chilli with toast.
  • Eggs benedict $18.00
    • with smoked salmon or bacon,on toasted ciaatta with fresh tomato.
  • House - smoked beef $13.00
    • cheddar,gherkin & wholegrain mustard.
  • Hawaiian $14.50
  • -eggs (any style), bacon, mushrooms, sausage, baked beans, spinach, tomato, hash browns $21.50
  • Fries $6.00
  • -bacon $16.50
  • Thai beef salad $16.50
  • -smoked salmon, cream cheese & pesto $12.50
  • Pancakes $13.50
  • Seafood chowder $13.50
  • All Day Breakfast $18.00
    • Bacon, Sausage, Tomato, Hash Brown, 2 Eggs & Toast
  • Bread Or toast & butter $1.50
  • Open Sandwich $18.00
    • Chicken breast or grilled Sirloin on toasted Ciabatta with Fresh Salad Greens & Coleslaw. Topped with Camembert Cheese
  • Kumara chips, Mushroom Sauce $4.00 each
  • Kids Nuggets & Chips $8.00
  • Extra sauce - Aoli, Chilli, Tartare, Tomato, Garlic $0.50 cents
  • Beef Nachos $17.00
    • served with Sour Cream & Salsa
  • Uawa Burger $17.00
    • 180 gram Beef Burger or Crumbed Chicken Breast, with Salad, Tomato, Beetroot, Honey Mustard & Tomato Relish, served with Fries
  • KUMARA CHIPS $8.00
  • Mini Hot Dogs $15.00
    • with chunky chips
  • – add grilled chicken $6.00
  • Chicken Schnitzel $28.00
    • Crumbed Chicken Breast served with mashed potato & vegetables & gravy
  • Beer Platter $50.00
    • A tasty assortment of deep fried goodness (serves 4-6)
  • NACHOS $18.00
    • with beef mince, sour cream, guacamole and tasty cheese (Vegetarian option available)
  • Fried Egg $2.00
  • Side Salad $6.00
  • haloumi $6.0
  • Lamb Rump $29.5
    • Marinated in garlic & rosemary resting on a Confit Kumara Rosti w/ buttered spinach, honey glazed carrots & slow roast tomato bathed in a port wine reduction
  • Local Catch Of The Day $29.5
    • Ask you server for today’s special
  • Shrimp & prawn cocktail w/ cos lettuce & sauce Mary rosé $16.0
  • Mushroom Sauce $6.0
  • Pork Belly $28.5
    • Twice cooked served upon a sweet pumpkin purée, flamed green beans, almonds & cherry tomatoes drizzled w/ sticky apple reduction
  • Blue Cheese Mash $8.5
  • Seasonal Vegetables $9.0
  • Pork $12.00
  • Nasi Goreng $17.00
    • with meats veggies & rice
  • Black Bean Sauce Squid Chow Mein $17.00
  • One Carton White Rice $4.00
  • Magic tasty Special $17.50
  • Chicken Fu Yoong $12.00
  • Prawn Fried Rice $16.50
  • Steak $12.00
The Rivers Restaurant and Bar

The Rivers Restaurant and Bar

location

Address

1 Gladstone Road, Gisborne, Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010, New Zealand

phone

Phone

08633733

clock

Opened hours

Monday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Tuesday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Wednesday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Friday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Saturday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM, Sunday: 11:00 AM – 9:30 PM
price range

Price

$10 - $20

type

Type

None

service level

Service

Table Service

cuisine

Cuisine

Bar , British , European , Gluten Free , Irish , New Zealand , Pub Food , Vegetarian

features

Features

Wheelchair accessible ,  Reservations ,  After-hours ,  Breakfast ,  Waitstaff ,  Cheap Eats ,  Television ,  Groups ,  Quick Bites ,  Lunch ,  Bar Scene ,  Seating ,  Highchairs Available ,  Local cuisine ,  Special Occasion Dining ,  Serves Alcohol ,  Dinner ,  Child-friendly ,  Full Bar

Location
1 Gladstone Road, Gisborne, Gisborne, Gisborne, 4010, New Zealand